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#863 Diane O'Leary: Philosophy, Medicine, Mind-Body Dualism, and Psychiatry

The Dissenter

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Psychosomatic Symptoms and the Challenge of Addressing Medical Conditions without Objective Evidence

This chapter explores the topic of conditions where there is no objective evidence associated with them, using chronic fatigue syndrome as an example. It discusses the debate between psychosomatic medicine and biomedical approaches, highlighting the shift in medical consensus towards recognizing chronic fatigue syndrome as a biological disease. The implications for medical practice and the handling of long COVID are also discussed.

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